Laing O’Rourke takes 800 workers off Ichthys LNG project

By LNG World News Image courtesy of InpexLNG engineer Laing O’Rourke has pulled 800 of its workers from the Ichthys LNG storage tank project after not receiving payments for its work for several months.
In conjunction with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Laing O’Rourke has been constructing four cryogenic tanks on the Inpex-operated $34 billion dollar Ichthys LNG project under a contract signed in 2012 with the EPC contractor for JKC Australia LNG. Work began on site mid-2013 and is in its final stages.
Laing O’Rourke claims, KHI, which leads this phase, has not paid the company for its work on the project for several months.
“Laing O’Rourke has